Bottle-holder for chloroform-inhalers.



L. DRO'SIN. BOTTLE HOLDER FOR OHLOROFORM INHALERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28, 1913.

1,091,308. Patented Mar.24,191

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LoUIs DROSIN, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-HOLDER FOR CHLOROEORM-INHALERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed April 28, 1913. Serial No. 764,077.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs DRosIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bottle- Holder for Chloroform-Inhalers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices whereby physicians or other authorized persons are enabled to administer chloroform, ether or other anesthetics.

Among the special objects of the present device is to enable an anesthetist or a S1111? geon operating alone to more satisfactorily manipulate and control the anesthetic than has heretofore been possible, and at the same time enable him to have one hand free for the purpose of observing the condition of the pulse or heart or for other purposes. It also permits the anesthetist to observe the condition of the patient.

More specifically stated, the invention comprises means for supporting a bottle of anesthetic in any suitable position upon the usual inhaler frame, and the bottle holding means providing for use in connection with any reasonable size or shape of bottle w1th out special adjustment.

A still further object of the invention 15 to provide a holder for the bottle which may be readily folded in connection with the usual inhaler into a small compass.

The foregoing and other objects of the 1nvention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this'specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective v1ew indicating the improvement in position for use; Flg. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the bot tle support; and Fig. 3 is a detail of a preferred manner of securing the bottle 011p to the supporting post.

The several parts of this improvement may be made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions thereof may be varied to a certain extent without departing from the spirit of the inventlon hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

At 10 is shown a well known form of i11- haler frame, the same being adapted to be held by the thumb piece 11 over the patients face. Said frame is adapted to hold or support a portion of fabric 12 held in elevated position over the center of the frame 10 by means of bows 13 and 14. Each of the bows is pivoted at its ends as shown at 13 and 14, whereby the same may be turned down into approximately the plane of the frame 10 when the device is not in use or being carried in the surgeons chest or kit of apparatus. There is also employed a bail l5 pivoted at 16 adjacent the thumb piece 11 and having engagement over the margin of the strip of fabric 12 to temporarily hold the same in place to receive the drops of chloroform or ether. The two bows 14 are shown in operative position in substantially parallel relation to each other and upon opposite sides of the vertical plane intersecting the longer axis of the elliptical frame.

At the end of the frame opposite the thumb piece I provide a stud 17 secured rigidly in. position and extending upwardly substantially ata right angle to the plane of the frame. A two-part or telescopic post 18 is pivotally connected at 19 to said stud. The joint, however, at 19 is adapted to be locked by any suitable form of set screw 20 whereby the post 18 may be fixed at any suitable angle with respect to the frame. The lower or inner part 18" of the post has telescopic connection with the outer part 18 and by virtue of this construction the post as a whole may be lengthened or shortened, as may be desired, according to the size or form of the bottle used or the posture of the patient, as well as for other reasons. It also provides that the sleeved or outer portion 18 may be swung around the axis of the inner part so as to vary the angle of the bot tle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the frame. A set screw 21 is employed and carried by the sleeve 18 for the purpose of coiiperating with the inner part to determine the position of the said outer part.

At 22 is shown a bottle holding clip which is preferably ofspring material and of any suitable form or construction. Said clip may be connected to the upper end of the post 18 in any suitable manner so that it may be adjusted with respect to the post either for operation or collapsing of the entire device. As shown herein, the clip 22 is of flat spring material and is connected at its middle portion to a holder 23 carried in the upper end of the post and there clamped as by means of a set screw 24. The holder may be of any suitable nature, but for convenience I have provided a cylindrical member journaled transversely in the slotted end of the post, and the clip 22 is secured in said cylindrical member. The axis of the cylinder extends transversely of the postand coincides with the general plane of the curved clip. By this fact, When the set screw 24 is loose enough, the clip may be swung bodily around the axis of the member 23 so as to occupy any desired position with respect to the plane of the post. When the set screw 24, however, is tightened, the position of the clip will be determined. The free ends 22 of the clip are sutficiently flexible to accommodate themselves to any size or form of bot-tle whereby the same will be held suiiiciently securely by the support to meet its demands. The anesthetic may be delivered from the bottle drop by drop by any suitable form of dropping stopper or the like indicated at 25 at the mouth of the bottle 26.

By virtue of the construction of the bottle holder, the surgeon while holding the inhaler by one hand may, by the use of the other hand, tilt the bottle, as desired, either for the purpose of delivering the anesthetic or to stop such delivery, the form of mounting of the spring clip providing for such movement in a practically instantaneous manner. When not in use, the bottle may be slipped freely from the clip and the entire support may be folded down Within the frame in connection with the bows 13 and 14;, the post and clip carried thereby being swung down and around the axis of the set screw 20. The bows 14: being spaced, as

above set forth, provides for the adjustment of the post between them when occasion demands such adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent:

In combination with a frame, a bottle holding support comprising a stud fixed to the frame, a telescopic post pivoted to the outer end of said stud, means to secure the post at any desired angle with respect to said stud, a bottle holding clip, and means to adjustably secure said clip at its intermediate portion to the outer end of the post whereby the plane of the clip may be varied and determined with respect to the plane of the post, the free ends of the clip being adapted to embrace and hold a bottle of any suitable form or size, said clip securing means comprising a cylindrical member along the axis of which the middle portion of the clip is secured, said cylindrical member being journaled for rotation around said axis in a cylindrical bearing at the upper end of the post.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of: two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS DROSIN.

\Vitnesses BENEDICT J orrn, Prnmr D. RoLLnAUs.

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